As the global economy continues to recover after the epidemic, congestion has become a major factor affecting ship reliability and freight rates.
According to comprehensive data from VesselsValue Trade and AIS, a total of 2.366 million TEU (International TEU) and 181.6 million DWT (deadweight tonnage) are currently “on hold” waiting for berths in the world.
According to the latest data from the Port of Los Angeles signal platform on November 16, the current average waiting time for each ship outside the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach has also increased from 16.9 the previous day. The number of days surged to 17.7, more than double the number two months ago. This will undoubtedly worsen the congestion of container ships outside these two major ports.
It is reported that a container ship named “Hyundai Prestige” has been waiting for berthing for 49 days.
ZIM suspends Asia-US West route
Due to port congestion, Zim Lines – Zim has joined forces with Wanhai Company to reroute ships on the Asia-U.S. West Coast route and suspend its expedited service to Los Angeles for at least seven weeks.
The last of the seven-ship service connecting Kaohsiung, Shanghai and Ningbo to Southern California departed on November 5, according to maritime data and consulting firm Sea intelligence Kaohsiung. The service, called ZX3 route, will restart on December 23. Zim also has two other Asia-US West routes.
A spokesperson for Zim said: “In light of the lengthy delays on the West Coast, particularly in Los Angeles, we have made adjustments to our route services, including our E-commerce routes to Los Angeles. Some vessels were diverted to other routes where needed. Given the current supply chain disruption, we will continue to adjust routes to provide the best possible service to our customers.”
Wan Hai Shipping said it is shifting ships from its six Asia-US West routes to its intra-Asia routes. Three of the ships are being redeployed to new expedited service routes calling at Ningbo, Nansha and New York.
Maersk and MSC adjust multiple Asia-U.S. and Canada routes
It was learned that Maersk and MSC formed The 2M Alliance recently announced the adjustment of multiple routes from Asia to the United States and Canada, involving multiple domestic ports including Qingdao, Ningbo, and Yantian.
MSC said this action was necessary due to the current challenging market conditions affecting port activity and causing congestion throughout the supply chain.
As a result, the world’s largest container alliance will modify sailings on the following services to provide better schedule reliability:
A few days ago, MSC once again released port-hopping information for 7 voyages, all of which are domestic ports, including Yantian, Shanghai, and Nansha ,Xiamen.
MSC port jumping information on November 16th
1. Route name: ALBATROSS Ship name Voyage: MADRID MAERSK 145W
Change content: Cancel the port of call YANTIAN
2. Route name: SILK
Vessel name and voyage: MATHILDE MAERSK 145W
Change content: Cancel port of call SHANGHAI
3. Route name: JADE
Ship name: MSC DITTE FJ145W
Change content: Cancel the port of call NANSHA
4. Route name: JADE
Vessel name and voyage: MSC MIA FJ146W
Change content: Cancel port of call XIAMEN
5. Route name: JADE
Ship name and voyage: MSC AMBRA FJ140E
Change content : Cancel the port of call YANTIAN
6. Route name: JADE
Ship name, voyage: MSC NELA FJ142E
Change content: Cancel port of call YANTIAN
7. Route name: TIGER
Ship name and voyage: MSC CLARA FT148W
Change content: Cancel port of call SHANGHAI
The Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach announced: Postponing the collection of container detention fees
To encourage importers and consignees to pick up boxes from ocean terminals as quickly as possible and to give terminal operators more flexibility in accepting empty containers, the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are implementing plans to impose container detention fees.
Ports have agreed to delay charging fees by a week due to progress in clearing shipping terminals of containers that are older than nine days. The new fees were originally scheduled to take effect on November 15, but have now been postponed to November 22.
Railroads and truckers are making good progress unloading import containers from terminals at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the ports said, prompting managers to delay levies on overdue containers The starting date of detention charges.
Since the plan was announced on October 25, the number of long-term containers has dropped by 26%. </p
